About the Identity of Disabled People

• Authors: Teresa Żółkowska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

There is a constant debate in the modern literature about the meaning of the individual and social factors influencing an individual identity. The identity is most often displayed as a construct of a dynamical process of social interaction consisted of various factors that describe the individual psychophysical characteristics of an individual and factors, which stand as an effect of a socialization process. Presented in this article overview of the theories explain the meaning of both the personal and social factors and the relationship with the socio-cultural environment influencing the development of intellectually disabled identity.

Keywords

EN

intellectual disability; identity; individual differences; socialization; consumerism

• Publisher: University of Wrocław, Institute of Psychology and Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT - Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe
• Journal: Polish Journal of Applied Psychology
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 33-40

Contributors

author

Teresa Żółkowska

• University of Szczecin ul. Krakowska 69 71-004 Szczecin, Poland